VMware
My VCP-DTM 2018 Experiences
Hello All! I wanted to share my thoughts on my latest round of studying and the VCP-DTM 2018 exam. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to the cert changes lately, just the name of the cert Read more…
HCIBench
HCI Bench Network Troubleshooting
Note: I first wrote this a month or two ago, so it is possible a newer version of HCIBench has fixed some of these issues. This is definitely not an exhaustive troubleshooting guide HCIBench for networking….however I did want to Read more…
HCIBench
Adjust HCIBench Run Time
This post assumes that everything has been set up and configured correctly for HCIBench. After filling out all the sections, Select “Easy Run”, Save Configuration(always Save Config after any changes), and Validate. This will do a quick check and make Read more…
Scripts
Change vCheck Style to have Collapsible Sections
A colleague requested me to do this and I thought it was cool enough and easy enough to share. He wanted to have the vCheck reports have collapsible sections. Makes sense, you know you have 1 billion VMs that are Read more…
PowerCLI
Quick Tip: Check VMs for VMTools Upgrade Policy
I know I have posted before regarding changing the vmtools upgrade policy, which you can find here. I noticed that I didn’t have an explanation about how to check the current vmtools upgrade policy. Fortunately, it is just an easy one-liner 🙂 Read more…
PowerCLI
Use PowerCLI to run SRM Test Recovery Plans
Requirements: PowerShellGet Module PowerCLI PowerCLI SRM MeadowCroft Module/Cmdlets The latest PowerCLI and PowerCLI SRM are generally not available for conventional download, and the PowerShellGet Module is needed to download and install them. PowershellGet is inherently included in: Read more…
PowerCLI
Match Windows Drive Letter to VM Disk with PowerCLI
Matching OS Drive Letters to VM Disks is definitely something each VMware admin has wanted at some point or another. Unfortunately, it is not the easiest of tasks. Using a suggestion I found in one of the forum posts that the Read more…
PowerCLI
Set Perennially Reservation with PowerCLI
I am going to make this one short and sweet. On a reboot, hosts that have access to RDM LUNs can take a LONG time to reboot. In order to correct to correct this we can set the hosts to Read more…
PowerCLI
Using PowerCLI to Automate SRM Post Power On Commands
Long Title… But first things first. SRM Cmdlets for PowerCLI Ben Meadowcroft created several cmdlets and even a module using the SRM API. Having spent a good deal of time in the SRM API myself, let me tell you….IT IS Read more…
VMware
vNoob VCAP-DCD Experience
A bit delayed but here it is. I sat the DCD a while at VMworld San Fran. Having never taken an exam at VMworld, this was an entirely new experience for me. Well, the PearsonVue exam experience, was pretty much like Read more…